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[Xen-users] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux

To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux
From: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:43:11 -0400
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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:00:21PM -0700, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> That sound you heard was 10000 xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> all having heart attacks at once.
> 
> Need I say more.

So maybe I'm stupid, but why would they be having heart attacks?

It seems like a decent solutoin to me.  What's being proposed would
make the dom0/hypervisor interface an internal once, always subject to
change.  What's wrong with that?  Presumably the domU/hypervisor
interface would have to be remain stable, but why is the
dom0/hypervisor interface have to be sacred and unchanging?  I don't
understand the concern.

                                            - Ted

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